The history of network neutrality shows regulating internet traffic has never been a fixed policy.
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims About Jobs Numbers During the Trump and Biden Presidencies
The U.S. economy did lose jobs under Trump, but the pandemic was largely to blame.
The Dispatch→ Holy War
Why some nationalists are treating foreign policy as a Christian litmus test.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dairy Consumption Does NOT Lead To Calcium Deficiency Due To Acidity
Does dairy consumption lead to calcium deficiency due to acidity, as a video on Facebook claims? No, that's not true: The International Osteoporosis Foundation writes that milk and other dairy foods are not acid-forming and do not leach c
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Videos misrepresent ProduceMaxx antimicrobial wash, which is considered safe for organic produce
ProduceMaxx sprayed on organic produce at grocery stores contains pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and antibiotics.
FactCheck.org→ Familiar Claims in a Familiar Presidential Race
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. We’ve fact-checked a lot of claims from the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees — after all, they’re the same two men who faced off in 2020.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Snoop Dogg isn’t talking up gummies to help quit smoking. This audio has been manipulated.
Video shows Snoop Dogg recommending “gummies for quitting smoking.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, CNN coverage of results doesn’t prove 2020 election was stolen
Photos of Pennsylvania vote tallies on CNN prove the 2020 election was stolen.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Economic Forum Did NOT Declare ‘Pedophilia’ Is Sexual Orientation, Must Be Added To LGBTQ+
Did the World Economic Forum declare that "pedophilia 'sexual orientation' must be added to LGBTQ+," as an article published by The People's Voice reported? No, that's not true: A representative of the international non-governmental organ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Faked Photo Does NOT Show Total Eclipse With Swirling Corona — AI Generated
Is an image showing a dramatically swirling and sparkling corona over a wooded hillside a real photo of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse? No, that's not true: The AI detection tool from Hive Moderation rated this image as having a 9
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social Security Administration data doesn’t show number of people registering to vote without IDs
A Social Security Administration database shows “how many people each of the 43 states are registering to vote who DO NOT HAVE IDs.”
The Dispatch→ Trump’s First Criminal Trial by Jury
Jury selection in the case brought by Alvin Bragg in Manhattan begins Monday.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Faked Photo Appears To Show Taylor Swift Holding ‘Trump Won / Democrats Cheated’ Banner — It Was Edited
Is a photo of singer Taylor Swift holding a banner that reads "TRUMP WON DEMOCRATS CHEATED" authentic? No, that's not true: The photo is edited to show Swift holding a banner. The original image is a video posted by the entertainment publ
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – A Tennessee bill doesn’t ban vaccines from being pumped into the food supply
Tennessee has become the first state in the U.S. to ban Bill Gates’ mRNA from being pumped into the food supply.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 2024 Solar Eclipse — It’s From 2017 Eclipse
Does a viral image on social media show the 2024 solar eclipse? No, that's not true: The photo appeared online almost seven years before the April 9, 2024, solar event. It was taken by an astrophotographer who captured the previous eclips
Full Fact→ The NHS England waiting list was effectively stable in February
Although the number of cases awaiting non-emergency treatment in England technically fell by about 36,000, about 36,000 cases were also excluded from the data. If measured consistently, it would have
PolitiFact→ A fact-checker’s guide to Trump’s first criminal trial: business records, hush money and a gag order
Prosecutors face challenges in prosecuting Trump in the falsifying records Manhattan case. The gag order bans Trump from attacking witnesses, but he can still criticize DA Alvin Bragg and Judge Merchan
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts distort former Virginia governor’s comments on third trimester abortions
Social media users are misrepresenting years old comments Northam made about abortion in Virginia on WTOP, a news radio station serving the Washington Metropolitan area.
AllSides→ Trump’s False Claim About Roe
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/04/trumps-false-claim-about-roe/ In a video statement outlining his posi
The Dispatch→ House Divided Over Surveillance Authority
Republican lawmakers (at least temporarily) tank an effort to reauthorize a key national security tool.
Full Fact→ Tackling bad information can help the next government rebuild trust in politics
Our Chief Executive Chris Morris reflects on the conclusions of the Full Fact Report 2024, looking at the challenges of AI to our information environment
The Dispatch→ Real Originalism Has Never Been Tried
Student loan forgiveness: elephants in mouseholes?
The Dispatch→ Bad Leaders, Wrong Turns
Antisemitism is a scapegoat for societies in crisis.
The Dispatch→ Florida’s New Social Media Law, Explained
The measure targeting minors is sure to face legal challenges before going into effect.
The Dispatch→ The Catholic Church’s Stance on Immigration, Explained
A lawsuit brought by the Texas attorney general accuses a Catholic charity of running afoul of immigration law.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canada Is NOT Killing Autistic People Without Their Consent
Is Canada killing autistic people without their consent? No, that's not true: The implication in a social media post, with a screenshot of a news article, that a man's perfectly healthy daughter who is on the autism spectrum could be kill
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Migrant Throwing Rock From Overpass Story Does NOT Check Out — Local Teens Charged With 2014 Crime
Did a migrant who was angry that he had not received a packet of government benefits throw a rock from an interstate overpass, nearly killing a woman? No, that's not true: This story appears to be based on a 2014 incident that occurred al
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Biden FCC nominee withdrew in 2023, not 2024
President Joe Biden’s “FCC pick just withdrew after being humiliated by Senator J.D. Vance” in April.
The Dispatch→ The Messianic Temptation
From Obama to Trump, the left and right have treated their leaders with quasi-religious devotion.
The Dispatch→ The Two MAGAs
Mike Johnson versus Marjorie Taylor Greene.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Chemtrails didn’t cover sky during solar eclipse. They don’t exist
The solar eclipse path was “full of chemtraiIs.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maine Lawmaker’s Remarks Do NOT Support Views Of Local Neo-Nazi Group — They Had To Do With Freedom Of Speech
Did remarks by Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby in early April 2024 show support for the views of a local neo-Nazi group? No, that's not true: Libby's comments were taken out of context. The Republican lawmaker was referencing 2023 neo-Nazi
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – False claim resurfaces about WHO pandemic treaty and US sovereignty
World Health Organization pandemic accord “would take away American sovereignty and give the WHO power to put in legally binding policies in America in the case of another pandemic."
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump said all legal scholars, ‘on both sides,’ wanted Roe v. Wade overturned. That’s wrong.
"All legal scholars, both sides, wanted, and in fact demanded” that Roe v. Wade be overturned.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden largely right about high level of U.S. support for Roe
“Support for Roe is higher today in America than it has ever been."
PolitiFact→ X posts – Video shows prankster in character at city council meeting, not a “child groomer”
Video shows “child groomer” at city council meeting reacting to “getting exposed”
The Dispatch→ Social Media Posts Take a Maine Legislator’s Comments About ‘Nazis’ Out of Context
Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby was referencing a specific demonstration held by a local neo-Nazi group.
The Dispatch→ Arizona’s Bombshell Abortion Ruling
Plus: Donald Trump is driving Republicans’ new course on abortion.
The Dispatch→ Getting the ‘China Shock’ Right
The political narrative has eclipsed the actual economics, and that’s a policy problem today.
Internet Archive→ CNN News Central : CNNW : April 10, 2024 10:00am-11:00am PDT
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